The novel “The Last World” was published in 1988 and immediately brought its author, 34-year-old K. Ransmayr, worldwide fame. The book tells about the fate of the Roman poet Ovid, who was exiled by Emperor Augustus to the ends of the world, to the Black Sea town of Toma, and before leaving for exile, according to legend, he burned his famous poem “Metamorphoses.” The novel intricately intertwines the reality of the Ancient World, myth and modernity; the heroes of Ovid's "Metamorphoses" are embodied in the inhabitants of a provincial town... Civilizations are dying, the face of the world is changing, but the creative genius of life is irresistible and eternal - such is the pathos of this novel, written in beautiful, bright language.